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This is a July 10-day residency in the Alentejo, Portugal, to study biology by doing basic lab work, and, with those results, we create art work. We do microscopy, collect local vegetation, examine ...
Within minutes of uploading my first Instagram story from my stay at São Lourenço do Barrocal, the messages began pouring in: ...
Set on a cliff overlooking the River Guadiana, the small town of Mértola in Portugal seems frozen in time, a silent witness ...
Standing under an enormous olive tree, José Pedro Oliveira gently caresses its gnarled trunk. “It is more than one thousand ...
While it may feel wonderfully remote and removed from any hint of hustle or bustle, the hotel is only a 20-minute drive from ...
It comes from the harvested bark of the cork oak, meaning that the tree doesn’t need to be cut down. Plus, cork products can be recycled repeatedly and sequester CO₂ for decades. So why isn’t it used ...
This data refers to “the entire Alentejo destination, which is a third of Portugal”, he pointed out, stressing, on the other hand, that, in a sample of around 40 tourist units, “70% consider that ...
And while there have been some Leesiders worried about the loss of trees in the only green space in the city, Cork's Lord Mayor, Green Councillor Dan Boyle, told CorkBeo today that the new planters ...
BENTON — Learn about the sustainability of cork trees (Quercus suber) with Master Gardener Pamela Appleton at the Benton Public Library during the month of May. Pam will deliver 30-minute ...
There is an olive tree close to us here in interior Alentejo that has been dated and certified with more than 2000 years. I like to imagine what she’s seen: the Romans, the Moors, the Christian kings ...
a chainsaw artist is transforming two dead elm trees at the entrance to one of Cork’s biggest public parks into stunning wooden sculptures. Will Fogarty, the Fear na Coillte from Hospital ...
Davide Stella revives his fast skills and scores his seasonal double in Portugal. The Friulian, from UAE Team Emirates Gen Z and winner of the fifth stage of the Tour of Sharjah (UAE) in January, ...